U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it has intercepted nearly half a tonne of methamphetamine and another almost half-tonne of cocaine during enforcement operations at the Detroit and Port Huron ports of entry.
The two seizures took place in a single day
A file photo shows U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Detroit inspecting the back of a commercial truck. (Submitted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says it has intercepted nearly half a tonne of methamphetamine and another almost half-tonne of cocaine during enforcement operations at the Detroit and Port Huron ports of entry.
The drugs were destined for Canada, border officials said in a news release issued Monday.
Officers in Detroit selected a Canada-bound commercial vehicle for a search on Thursday and turned up several bricks of a white powdery substance, later confirmed through testing to be cocaine.
They were hidden within multiple boxes and two duffel bags.
In Port Huron on that same day, officials from Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) searched a Canada-bound commercial vehicle with dogs and found more than 400 bags of methamphetamine.
In both cases, officials seized the drugs, trucks and trailers, and the drivers face federal prosecution.
In total, officers seized 475.95 kilograms of cocaine and 440.90 kilograms of methamphetamine.
Canadian police say they are seeing an unprecedented amount of cocaine being smuggled into Canada, and a CBC News analysis shows a sharp rise in seizures from commercial trucks.